Cate Blanchett birth name is Catherine Elise Blanchett. Babel received seven Academy Award nominations. Was the original 'Tim-Tam' girl in the series of commercials promoting the product. [6] In 2012, she was appointed Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. Her father, Robert "Bob" Blanchett, was a Texan and ex-US Navy man who'd met Cate's mother, a teacher named June, while Bob's ship, USS Arneb, was in Melbourne. [233][234] Blanchett is a patron of the international development charity SolarAid, which works to create a sustainable market for solar lights in Africa. [238][239] In September 2020, as part of her role as Jury President of the 77th Venice International Film Festival, Blanchett vowed that during the festival she would only wear outfits that she had previously worn at public events in an effort to highlight the issue of sustainability in the fashion industry. "[65], Blanchett next appeared in Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), as the villainous KGB agent Col. Dr. Irina Spalko, Spielberg's favourite villain from the entire series. Official Sites, 1993: She was the first person to win the Sydney Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Newcomer (for her role in "Kafka Dances"), and Best Lead Actress, for her role in. She also performed in several productions that included Jean Genet's The Maids, which appeared at the 2014 Lincoln Center Festival in New York. Her drama teacher Felicity Donnoli met the then 12-year-old Cate in 1981 and saw something special in her, since she became a house drama captain in her first year at the school. [243] Blanchett, along with other celebrities, featured in a video from the UNHCR to help raise awareness to the global refugee crisis. Who wants a face with no history, no sense of humor? "[139][140] For Carol, Blanchett received once again Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA Award nominations. His parents Andrew Upton and cate Blanchett got married in 1997 and they met in a TV show in 1996 for the first time. Their sons are Dashiell John Upton (born 2001),[254] Roman Robert Upton (born 2004),[255] Ignatius Martin Upton (born 2008),[256] and daughter Edith Vivian Patricia Upton (adopted in 2015). [71][72], A Streetcar Named Desire production traveled from Sydney to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.[73][74] It was a critical and commercial success and Blanchett received acclaim for her performance as Blanche DuBois. Radhika Kumaraswamy Height, Weight, Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More. For me it felt less about the period and more about the gaze. She won the Volpi Cup Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival (accepted by fellow Australian and I'm Not There co-star Heath Ledger), the Independent Spirit and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Jude Quinn. [10][11][12] The two met when Robert's ship broke down in Melbourne. While she was born to parents June and Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Jr. His superb adaptation gives Australian readers a fresh and exciting insight into one of the great dramatic works of modern literature. (4 acts, 4 male, 3 female). America', 'Better Things', 'Devs', 'Archer' & More – TCA", "Challenged, confused, charmed? ABOUT THE BOOK Who Is Judi Dench? Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2007 and in 2018, she was ranked among the highest-paid actresses in the world. [262] She and her family lived in the Sydney suburb of Hunters Hill. Cate Blanchett had a great desire for dressing in masculine clothing, and . With gorgeous new photography of the house’s collection of vintage shoes, beautifully rendered sketches, and details of the amazing accessories coming out of Roger Vivier today, this book is as chic as the shoes that fill its pages. Posed for photos with fellow Australian. 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Her Australian mother, June Gamble, worked as a property developer and teacher, and her American father, Robert DeWitt Blanchett Jr., a Texas native, was a United States Navy Chief Petty Officer who later worked as an advertising executive. [244][245], Blanchett has undertaken missions with the UNHCR to Jordan in 2015, Lebanon in 2016 and Bangladesh in 2018 to meet with and highlight the issues faced by both Syrian and Rohingya refugees in those areas. It's every industry. [205], Blanchett is often regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation and has been noted for her ability to play characters from many different walks of life, as well as for headlining a wide range of film genres, from low-budget independent films to high-profile, mainstream productions. [52][53], In 2006, Blanchett starred opposite Brad Pitt as one half of a grieving couple who get caught up in an international incident in Morocco in the multi-lingual, multi-narrative ensemble drama Babel, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. [228] At the beginning of 2011, Blanchett lent her support for a carbon tax. Cate Blanchett. She appeared in 7 films nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award, four of them in a row: Was considered for the role of Jane Smith in, 15th February 2005: Attended the 2005 Elle Style Awards held at London's trendy Spitalfields Market. [21] In 2004, Blanchett portrayed a pregnant journalist chronicling an underwater voyage by an eccentric oceanographer in Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Was officially in the BAFTA longlist (Equivalently, the semi-finals) for Best Actress in a Leading Role, for her role in. In 2008, Blanchett and her husband, Andrew Upton, were appointed co-artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company, serving in that capacity for several seasons. Catherine Élise Blanchett was born on 14th May, 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia of American, English, French and Scottish descent. She is well known for her roles in blockbuster films and also critically acclaimed movies.She received many awards in her career such as three Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and three British academy awards. [78] The New York Times critic Ben Brantley said, "Ms. Ullmann and Ms. Blanchett have performed the play as if it had never been staged before, with the result that, as a friend of mine put it, "you feel like you're hearing words you thought you knew pronounced correctly for the first time. In 2003, "New York Times" profiled the then-pregnant actress and made an observation about her busy schedule: "Blanchett is a closet workaholic, dashing from set to set without scheduling much time to luxuriate or enjoy domestic life.". Stories of Galadriel's life prior to the War of the Ring appear in both The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. [265], Blanchett has spoken about feminism and politics, telling Sky News in 2013 that she was concerned that "a wave of conservatism sweeping the globe" was threatening women's role in society. That same year, she and her husband sold their multi-million dollar home in Australia at a profit and moved to America. Votes: 34,435 | Gross: $26.90M. Blanchett made her U.S. feature film debut in 1997's Paradise Road, about a group of women imprisoned in Japan during WWII. [on the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy] I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that. Cate Blanchett's first major role came in Elizabeth. They got married on 29 December 1997. [176] Also in the same year, she reprised her role as Valka in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, which was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 92nd Academy Awards. With her regal and elegant visage, Aussie actress Cate Blanchett broke through the mob of aspiring actors and instantly ascended the ranks to Hollywood stardom with her Academy Award-nominated turn as Elizabeth I in Shekhar Kapur 's Elizabeth (1998). She was the only daughter and youngest . Her father, (Robert Blanchett) a Texan advertising executive, died of a heart attack when she was ten years old. "[155][156] For her work, Blanchett received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play,[157] a Drama Desk Award nomination,[158] and a Drama League Award nomination for the Distinguished Performance Award. Blanchett has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following performances: Blanchett received Premiere magazine's Icon Award in 2006. Dr. Jones dons his hat and holsters his whip for another death-defying adventure into the uncharted provinces of history in the latest film of the Indiana Jones series. "[138] She then starred opposite Rooney Mara in Carol, the highly acclaimed film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's The Price of Salt, reuniting her with director Todd Haynes. I see someone's face, someone's body who'd had children and I think they're the song lines of your experience, and why would you want to eradicate that? She was 29 years old. Catherine Elise Blanchett AC is an Australian actress, producer, and theatre director. Cate Blanchett inizia la sua carriera artistica in teatro, dove prende parte a produzioni minori fin dal suo diploma presso il NIDA.Si fa notare dai critici nel 1993, quando recita al fianco di Geoffrey Rush nell'opera Oleanna di David Mamet, che le vale il Rosemont Award. [269] Blanchett is a patron of the new Australian Pavilion in the Venice Biennale, and spoke at its opening at the Venice Giardini in May 2015. Blanchett has appeared in countless critical successes - Blue Jasmine, Elizabeth, Aviator, and Carol , alongside actress Rooney Mara , to name a . The two met when Robert's ship broke down in Melbourne. I think sometimes we're back in the Middle Ages. Biography Cate Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to June (Gamble), an Australian teacher and property developer, and Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Jr., an American advertising executive, originally from Texas. [154] Blanchett's performance during the play's Broadway run received acclaim. With her regal and elegant visage, Aussie actress Cate Blanchett broke through the mob of aspiring actors and instantly ascended the ranks to Hollywood stardom with her Academy Award-nominated turn as Elizabeth I in Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth (1998). She was nominated for another Oscar that same year as Best Supporting Actress for playing Bob Dylan in "I'm Not There" (2007). [39] Bandits marked Blanchett's first notable foray into the comedy genre, with Ben Falk of the BBC declaring her and co-star Billy Bob Thornton "a real find as comedians" and calling her performance as an unsatisfied housewife caught between two escaped convicts, "unhinged, though undeniably sexy".[40]. She has received international acclaim and many accolades, including two Acad. In 2011, Blanchett took part in two Sydney Theatre Company productions. [216] In 2018 Armani announced Blanchett was to become the first beauty ambassador for the company, representing the company globally by absorbing responsibilities for skincare and make-up, in addition to her previous 2013 commitments to fragrances. [145] The project, and Blanchett, received critical acclaim,[146] with Roberta Smith of The New York Times stating: "If the art world gave out Oscars, Cate Blanchett should win for her tour de force of starring roles in “Manifesto". From there, Blanchett moved to the role of Carol in David Mamet's searing polemic "Oleanna", also for the Sydney Theatre Company, and won the Rosemont Best Actress Award, her second award that year. [270] Blanchett spoke at former Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam's state funeral in 2014, and at the Margaret Whitlam dinner and fundraiser event hosted by Tanya Plibersek MP in June 2015. Justin Chang of Variety proclaimed, "As a study in the way beautiful surfaces can simultaneously conceal and expose deeper meanings, [Blanchett's] performance represents an all-too-fitting centerpiece for this magnificently realized movie. [21] She received Women in Film and Television International's Crystal Award for excellence in the entertainment industry in 2014. Blanchett was also reunited with director Haynes in another drama for the 2015 season, Carol, in which she plays a suburban housewife who becomes romantically involved with a store saleswoman (Rooney Mara). He thought she was aloof, and she thought he was arrogant, but then they connected over a poker game at a party, and she went home with him that night. I'm simply not panicking as my laugh lines grow deeper. Cate Blanchett is an Australian actress who has appeared extensively on screen and on stage. [250][251] Blanchett said: "We engage with the performance of the gesture and the whole of it is greater than the sum of its parts. [126] The Monuments Men received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $155 million at the worldwide box office. The story is based on the exploits of women in Britain's . Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#31). They met in 1996 on the set of a TV show and married on 29 December 1997. In 2010, Blanchett starred as Lady Marion opposite Russell Crowe's titular hero in Ridley Scott's epic Robin Hood. A misanthropic matriarch leaves her eccentric family in crisis when she mysteriously disappears in this "whip-smart and divinely funny" novel that inspired the movie starring Cate Blanchett (New York Times). By concentrating on the early years from Elizabeth's birth in 1533 to her accession in 1558, this book shows how her experiences of danger and adventure formed her remarkable character and shaped her opinions and beliefs. --from publisher ... Around that time she also assumed the role of staunch anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly in the Hulu series Mrs. America. Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 34, a son named Roman Robert Upton on April 23, 2004. I so didn't expected this. Reasons varied from her wanting to work more in America to wanting to familiarize herself with her late father's American heritage. But, to be honest, I basically did it so that I could have the ears. She is an actress recognized by critics and loved by audiences. In 2017, the acclaimed actress made her Broadway debut in a production of Anton Chekhov's The Present. The actress born in Ivanhoe, Australia on May 14, 1969. [280] Blanchett is one of only four actresses to win the Academy Award for Best Actress after winning Best Supporting Actress. If the cigarette was held in a certain way and perceived by the camera in a certain way, it was because it was viewed through the prism of someone's desire, rather than the prism of the period. [135] She starred as the villainous Lady Tremaine in Disney's live-action adaptation of Cinderella, directed by Kenneth Branagh, to critical acclaim. Cate Blanchett, in full Catherine Elise Blanchett, (born May 14, 1969, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), Australian actress known for her multidimensional characters and wide range of roles. Everything about the actress is striking — her timeless style, her ice queen cheekbones, and, of course, her long and distinguished acting career. Cate Blanchett on Broadway.com. Talking about his siblings and parents Andrew Upton and cate Blanchett are his parents. Cate Blanchett. [170] The film was released on Netflix in 2019. 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